Event Around the 2025 NBA Playoff Madness!

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  1. Everything Beagle

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    Those of us who said hell no in the “should we trade for Paul George?” thread are feeling pretty confident right now
     
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    Fantastic
     
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    If Steph hadn't got injured the Warriors would have made it. Not that they deserve it either. They have had their's.
     
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    WRONG! Had we traded for PG, and then traded him, we'd be in the finals now!
     
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    Oh shit you’re right!
     
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    I cannot stress enough that the Kobe Bryant thing is something he learned on the playground and taught me.
     
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    So in other words the Wolves fully deserve to be in the WCF?

    I can't think of any team more deserving than the teams that make it.
     
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    I can’t stress enough that the Hornets drafted Kobe AND SGA, 2 future MVPS and traded them away!
     
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    Didn't kobe say he wouldn't play with the hornets? I feel like that happened but im not sure.
     
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    Behind the scenes via his agent Kobe let it be known would enroll at UNC if any team other then the Lakers ended up with his draft rights. Per the rules at the time, teams would lose draft rights of guys they'd drafted if they were under 21 and didn't come to them within a certain time... pretty sure thats how Portland attained Sabonis's rights after Atlanta had first drafted him. Before the draft happened this "rumor" was openly being stated in the national draft press. Later I heard the same stuff confirmed in interviews with multiple NBA GMs and UNC coach Dean Smith.

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    He took a risk and it paid off. Like they say, you miss 100% of the shots you don't take, and 56% of the shots you do take.
     
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    my favorite Kobe factoid... he became the NBA's All Time Leader in just one statistic, missed shots! Longevity LeBron has now passed him : (

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    I’ll take a HOF player with the most missed shots and turnovers ANYTIME……. Better than 99% of players to ever play, yessir I will.
     
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    another vote for America's favorite rapist

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    Jerome Kersey?
     
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    Abdul Jilani? Whatabout...

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    Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson holds record for strikeouts.

    LOL autocorrect changed to Halliburtin of fame!
     

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